New Speed Camera Zones To Issue Tickets In Bowie Neighborhoods Starting Dec. 1

BOWIE, MD — Earlier this month, Bowie expanded its Safe Speed Camera Program to include school zones and residential zones. Speed cameras operate seven days a week, 24 hours a day, including in the 21 new locations; however, the 30-day warning period for the new spots is almost up.

"The goal is to reduce speeding violations while decreasing the potential for accidents in city limits. Over time, the intent of the program is to change driving behavior; not generate revenue for the city of Bowie," Bowie Police Department Acting Chief Dwayne A. Preston said in a statement.

During the 30-day adjustment period, drivers exceeding the speed limit by 12 miles per hour received a warning rather than a citation. But starting Dec. 1, citations will be issued to the registered owner of any vehicles recorded traveling at least 12 miles per hour over the speed limit. The maximum fine for each violation is $40.

The new residential zones where cameras are operating seven days a week, 24 hours a day, are listed below:

• 11th Street
• 9th Street
• Alderwood Lane
• Belair Drive (between Trinity and Tulip Grove Drives)
• Belair Drive (near Belair Annex to Bowie High School)
• Brunswick Lane
• Chestnut Avenue
• Dahlia Drive
• Dolphin Way
• Dunwood Valley Drive
• Kembridge Drive
• Kendale Lane
• Millstream Drive
• Mitchellville Road (2400 block)
• Mitchellville Road (3500 block)
• Nashua Lane
• Northview Drive (near Northview Elementary School)
• Old Stage Road
• Peachwalker Drive (15500 block)
• Peachwalker Drive (near C. Elizabeth Rieg School)
• Penn Manor Lane
• Pointer Ridge Drive
• Racetrack Road (near Yorktown Elementary School)
• Stonybrook Drive
• Tulip Grove Drive